MYH2
Identifiers
Aliases	MYH2, IBM3, MYH2A, MYHSA2, MYHas8, MyHC-2A, MyHC-IIa, MYPOP, myosin, heavy chain 2, skeletal muscle, adult, myosin heavy chain 2
External IDs	OMIM: 160740 MGI: 1339710 HomoloGene: 23019 GeneCards: MYH2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 17 (human)[1] Band 17p13.1 Start 10,521,148 bp[1] End 10,549,700 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 11 (mouse)[2] Band 11 B3|11 40.59 cM Start 67,061,853 bp[2] End 67,088,343 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in body of tongue vastus lateralis muscle thoracic diaphragm triceps brachii muscle deltoid muscle gastrocnemius muscle tibialis anterior muscle larynx superior surface of tongue oral cavity Top expressed in soleus muscle intercostal muscle sternocleidomastoid muscle ankle masseter muscle temporal muscle extraocular muscle digastric muscle vastus lateralis muscle body of femur More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function nucleotide binding actin binding microfilament motor activity protein binding cytoskeletal motor activity ATP binding calmodulin binding actin filament binding microtubule motor activity microtubule binding Cellular component cytoplasm myosin filament cytosol myofibril sarcomere myosin complex A band protein-containing complex Golgi apparatus actomyosin contractile ring muscle myosin complex cell-cell junction Biological process Fc-gamma receptor signaling pathway involved in phagocytosis muscle filament sliding microtubule-based movement plasma membrane repair muscle contraction response to activity actin-mediated cell contraction Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4620 17882 Ensembl ENSG00000125414 ENSMUSG00000033196 UniProt Q9UKX2 G3UW82 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_017534 NM_001100112 NM_001039545 NM_144961 RefSeq (protein) NP_001093582 NP_060004 NP_001034634 Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 10.52 – 10.55 Mb Chr 11: 67.06 – 67.09 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Myosin-2 (myosin heavy chain 2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH2 gene.^[5][6]